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Sunday, 8 May 2016

April winners and May tutorial ...

I will be announcing our April winners shortly but first I would like to introduce you to our May edition of Tips, Tricks and Techniques brought to you by team member Elaine Schoof.

Backgrounds by Elaine Schoof

Hello. Today I am here to show you how to use stencils on your pages and
the different ways you can use them. I love using stencils myself as they are a
cheap way to make backgrounds and elements for my pages.

This tutorial will show how I made the background for my design team page this
month.

Firstly I used a Kaisercraft 12” square stencil and used it to mist circles
for my background. I didn’t want the mist everywhere so I used scrap paper to
mask the areas where I didn’t want the mist. I tore the paper to take away the
square look from just plain paper.

When I finished misting, I turned the stencil upside down and rubbed areas
over my page. The mist that was left on my stencil then created the opposite
effect of colour with white circles. Sometimes I only use this technique on my
page. It gives the stencil 2 different effects.

Once my mist was dry, I then used the same stencil with modelling paste to
create depth to my misting and background. Gesso paint works as well if you like
a more blended in effect.

For my Happy embellishment, I ran a Heidi Swapp stencil through my
cuttlebug. It gives a lovely embossed card. It might take a bit, to work out
what layers you need, to get the stencil to emboss. For the cuttlebug I ran it
in the following order; A plate, B plate, Stencil facing upwards, card,
Embossing mat, my tin plate, some folded paper for extra thickness and then my B
plate. It needs to fit quite tightly through the cuttlebug to get a firm
embossed image. I have also used this technique for creating embossed patterns
on tags, circle embellishments, etc.

And for the last element on my background, I simply used black pen with a
stencil to create arrows on my background. Triangles also look great with
pen.

And here is my final page ...

and now onto our April winners .....

We were working with this this amazing artwork by Josh Miels called We will remember them.

CRITERIA - The use of Typography on your page - let those letters shine!

This artwork must have struck a cord with many of you as we had a fantastic participation - thank you all SO much.

Could the winners please contact me on jjjustjane@bigpond.com with their postal details. You have until the announcement of the winners for next month to do so.Don't forget to grab our winners badge from the sidebar.

OurCreative Team highlightfrom last month isTracey. She will receive a little surprise something from me.

Don't forget to enter this month's ARTastic challenge. All the details are in the left sidebar. Remember you have until the end of the month to submit your entry.

Please pop back on the 15th when we will have more delightful team inspiration to show you.

February random draw prize

2nd random draw prize if more than 8 entries

January inspiration is by Chris Vella called Joy.

JANUARY entries ...

January Prize

JAN second prize - if more than 8 entries

Donated by Sharon Bishop

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